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Samsung joins investment round for digital signature company DocuSignDocuSign Inc announced on Thursday that Samsung Ventures has made a strategic investment in the company, Geekwire http://www.geekwire.com/2014/docusign-lands-trio-new-strategic-investors-series-e/ reported that Samsung Ventures, BBVA Ventures and the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board are joining the previously announced Series E investment round, which now totals $115 million and includes Accel Partners, Google Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Ignition Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sapphire Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and others. San Francisco-based DocuSign has now raised about $240 million in total equity, with its most recent pre-money valuation at $1.6 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Corporate VCs don’t slow investing as much as venture firmsCorporate investors put $962 million to work in Q3, a small drop off from the $1.1 billion in previous quarter
- Lytics snags $7 mln in round led by Comcast Ventures
Portland, Oregon-based Lytics, an adaptive digital marketing solutions provider, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. Comcast Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Rembrandt Venture Partners and Voyager Capital.
- Benu Networks raises $27.7 mln
Benu Networks has raised a $27.7 million funding round. Liberty Global Ventures and Arris Group participated. Benu, which provides networking and software solutions for network operators deploying Wi-Fi and Cloud services, said it hired Dino Di Palma as its CEO. Existing investors include Spark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Comcast Ventures.
- GGV Capital leads $13.5 mln Series A funding in FlightCar
GGV Capital has led a $13.5 million Series A funding in FlightCar, a peer-to-peer car sharing service operating at airports. Other participants in the funding include General Catalyst, SoftBank Capital and First Round Capital. Comcast Ventures and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin also invested. FlightCar has raised a total of $20 million to date, making co-founders Rujul Zaparde, 19, and Kevin Petrovic, 20, among the youngest entrepreneurs to have raised such large amounts of venture capital.
Kleiner Perkins leads $106 mln round in big data company DataStaxDataStax, which provides a big data platform built on Apache Cassandra, has raised a $106 million Series E round of funding in what is likely a pre-IPO round. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Joining the round are ClearBridge Investments, Cross Creek Advisors, Wasatch Funds, PremjiInvest and Comcast Ventures. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has now raised $190 million in total funding, including a $45 million Series D round in July 2013 /2013/07/big-data-company-datastax-raises-45m-series-d/
- KKR joins $70 mln round for fantasy sports startup
FanDuel, a startup that runs real-money fantasy sports leagues, announced that it has raised $70 million in a funding round led by Shamrock Capital that also includes private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and NBC Sports.
- Shamrock Capital leads $70 mln Series D for FanDuel
FanDuel said Tuesday that it closed $70 million in Series D financing led by Shamrock Capital Advisors. NBC Sports Ventures and KKR participated in the round. New York-based FanDuel provides fantasy sports leagues that last just one day. Existing investors include Comcast Ventures, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Scottish Enterprise and serial investor Richard Koch also participated. The company has raised $88 million in total capital. Mesa Global served as FanDuel’s investment bank for this round of financing.
- Windsor Circle bags $5.25 mln Series B
Windsor Circle has closed $5.25 million in Series B funding. Comcast Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corp. led the round with participation from IDEA Fund Partners, Triangle Angel Partners and Steve Case. Based in Durham, NC Windsor Circle is a provider of customer retention solutions.
- Axial racks up $11 mln Series B
Axial said Tuesday that it has secured $11 million in Series B funding. Comcast Ventures led the round with participation from previous backers Redpoint Ventures and First Round. Headquartered in New York City, Axial is a professional network comprised of members who run, advise and fund private firms.